Marking-tag



(No Model.)

M. HIGGINS. MARKING TAG. No. 542,705.

Patented July 16, 1895.

ssisz NITEDQ STATES ATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET HIGGINS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MARKING-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,705, dated July 16, 189 5.

Application filed March 25,1895- Scrial No. 543,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking-Tags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificaion.

My invention relates to an improved marking-tag; and it consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved markingtag, which is constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tag opened to receive the material upon which it is to be attached. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the same partly closed, showing the position of the ends of the staple used in connection with the tag. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the rear side of the tag, showing the parts sealed and the sharp points of the staple covered. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the staple used in connection with my improved tag.

To put my invention into practice I provide a strip of paper and fold the same in the direction of its length into two parts 1 and 2, the front side having printed thereon any desired form, as shown at Fig. 1 on the drawings.

three portions by means of slits extending toward the fold of the tag, the two outer portions 3 of which are bent slightly back, and the middle portion 4 permitted to remain parallel with the front side 1 of the tag.

The upper rear edge is divided into The tag is slipped over the edge of the cloth it is desired to mark between the folds and a staple 6, such as shown at Fig. 5, driven through the front face 1,through the'fabric and middle portion 4 of the rear side of the tag. The points of the staple 6 are bent to either side, as shown at Fig. 3, and the portions 3 used as covers for the same. A piece of paper 5 (see Fig. 4) is now pasted over the portions 3 and 4 to bind the parts together.

By the use of a round wire staple, such as shown, all danger of injuring the fabric is obviated, and the tag used a second time by simply removing the paper 5, elevating the side portions 3 and straightening the bent ends of the staple 6, and when the said tag is again used another piece of paper 5 used. to bind the parts in the same manner as before described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is I The herein described marking tag, consisting of the folded card, the rear fold having its upper rear edge slitted or divided into three portions, with the side portions normally deflected'at an angle to the middle portion, and of the staple passed through the front fold of said card and adapted to pass through the fabric and the middle portion of said rear fold and its ends to be bent laterally and covered by said side portions, said latter portions being connected by a binding piece or slip of paper, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature this 21st day of February, A. D. 1895.

MARGARET HIGGINS. 

